Trump admin backs off wage seizures for defaulted student loans after fierce backlash

Billionaire US Education Secretary Linda McMahon has temporarily suspended the Trump administration’s plan to resume garnishing the wages of defaulted student loan borrowers, a reversal that came after advocates warned the pay seizures would have had devastating economic consequences for people across the country amid a worsening cost-of-living crisis.

McMahon, who is actively working to dismantle her department from within, told reporters earlier this week that wage garnishment efforts...